Michael Becker/ FoxHaley Reinhard and Scotty McCreery were among the 'American Idol' semifinalists selected by viewers to advance to the Top 10. The Season 10 finals will include the public's Top 10, plus 3 wildcards picked by the Idol judges.

About 40 million votes were cast by "American Idol" viewers this week to determine which singers would earn a spot in the final round of season 10.

The Top 10 list was revealed Thursday night, along with three "wildcards" selected by the Idol judges after six contestants who did not make the final cut sang for their lives.

So, here it goes. These are the guys and ladies who will be singing their hearts out during the next three months in hopes of winning a major recording contract.

Spoiler alert: If you live on the West Coast and you haven't watched Thursday's show yet, don't read any further if you don't want to know which contestants advanced to the finals.

These six contestants were selected to sing a solo Thursday night, before the judges picked their top three wildcards to go to the finals: Ashthon Jones, Stefano Langone, Kendra Chantelle, Jovany Barreto, Naima Adedapo and Robbie Rosen.

The list of Idol finalists is not too surprising. Almost all of the favorites -- those who have sung with the most consistency throughout the early rounds, and those who have been -- "pimped" by the judges -- made it through in the public voting.

And the judges did a pretty good job picking the wildcard contestants who have a lot of potential. I would have liked to see Lauren Turner in the finals instead of Stefano Langone. The Louisiana maid was terrific in Hollywood and terrific Wednesday night in her solo.

Prior to this week, I thought Julie Zorrilla and Robbie Rosen would make the cut, because they both performed well in Hollywood and Vegas. But they were outshined by their opponents during the semifinals this week.

NEXT EPISODE

• WEDNESDAY, March 9, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Fox – The finalists will hit the stage to try to win the hearts of America, and one contestant (we think one -- the producers keep on changing the rules as we go along) will be voted out the following night.